water that you can buy in a jug, or water machine, or in many water stores are NOTHING compared to what you can produce yourself. if nothing else, pure water can only stay pure for so long. the computer chip makers consider water standing for more than half an hour to be contaminated. the water that you buy are not regulated by any standards. i can pour water through a piece of cheese cloth and sell it as purified. i have bought water before, but if it is't from a reputable fish store, good luck. the same goes for a lot of
RO or
DI machines you buy...there was NOTHING implied except for the fact that a membrane and a
DI is involved. look at what is left behind in their claims. there is one SEVEN stage machine i saw at a home improvement store that states .3% silicate left. i challenge anyone to find a silica test kit that even measures .3% silicate!